How Demographic and Socio-Economic Factors Affect Work Life Balance of Female Nurses Working in Public Hospitals of Uttarakhand

Since organizations are employing both male and female employees at present, the problem with female employees is more intense. family obligations along with stress and burnout associated with the workplace leads to work-family conflict, thereby the chances of WLB reduces. outside formal/paid employment, there is unpaid work like caring responsibilities, cooking, cleaning etc. for working women and leisure time is just a fantasy (collins 2007). Therefore, professional work life balance remains a challenge for them to prove themselves. they feel stressed and frustrated when work does not allow them to look after their family and vice versa. they do not like work crossing their family responsibilities and they draw tight boundaries between them (burke, 2002). This managerial issue is a challenging factor for young as well middle-aged working women having children in healthcare industry also, which has provided impetus for this study. data from 214 female nurses working in 16 public hospitals across six districts of kumaun division of uttarakhand was collected through structured questionnaire and was evaluated using descriptive analysis. out of eight demographic and socio-economic variables, the perception of nurses shows that four variables are negatively affecting their work life balance. public hospitals should frame and implement policies, which can help nurses to focus on their work as well as family so that they are happy with the amount of time for house